Letter in which Calvert predicts that he will collect seeds of Statice monopetala in the coming season, and sends with this letter a specimen he wishes to have identified. He asks whether Dr. Kingsley brought to Hooker some Easter palm branches. Calvert warns that Hooker may not receive Doum fruit for a while because '...Arabs are a dilatory set of beings.' Calvert enquires after a tree called by the Abissinians 'Mussana', which he believes may have useful bark. He updates Hooker on the condition of the plants received, the Cissus porphyrophyllus and several Pelargoniums having perished, humbly requesting replacement Pelargoniums. Calvert outlines the new system of Egyptian postage stamps, and asks whether the Sultan has visited Kew, asserting that it would be an eye-openning experience for him. He describes the event of a Sultan visiting infidel countries as being popularly interpreted as the country having become subject to his rule. Pages 1 and 4 of 7.

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